Morning Smoke: Well, I've finally caught up to today in my posting timeline, but I'm going to recycle yesterday's picture of the travel kit #1, because I used the contents of it this morning. Out came the
Straight Falcon with the Bantam Bowl, it got stuffed with the
Brigham (Mr. B's) English Mix in the upper left corner, I sat down at my picnic table with Dave and Mike, and proceeded to have the best smoke I'd had in months.
Everything worked, and even my tastebuds were responding well to the oriental component in the tobacco. Not full bore, yet, but enough to make my day. . . . . I tasted more variety in the tobacco than I'd experienced in months. . . . . .
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Skippable Whining: . . . . . . . . which was subsequently ruined by the kicking in of my new prescription for the bladder infection which is still present, and this little condiment will be with me for another week. There's still 3 more weeks of post-operative Tamsulosin, a stabilizing drug for abdominal surgery. That's the one that kills the buds - the new one for the infection just makes me dizzy, tired, bitchy and queezy. But all this will pass.
I also fine tuned my kit, eliminating pipe cleaners, Q-tips, etc. electing instead to clean the pipes at home upon return. Too much disposable cleaning stuff in the kit, once used, messes things up so taking this stuff out left enough room to put the pipes in a small bag. Seems to work better, and I've got better things to do in the field than clean pipes.
The other thing that ruined my day is checking out my apples. They have to be picked and processed now, so Dave and my fishing outing has to wait until this is done; he's okay with that cuz he's fine tuning his Weiraugh 97 with new pellets that seem to perform better at long range. 3 days of picking, freezing and making jelly. Bumper (bummer?) crop. Gord want's to play.
PS: oh yeah, Mr B's English Mix is one excellent tobacco. If you like English with a kick and an oriental component, give this one a try. It's climbing to the top of my lat heap.
The other good news is that no prostate issues were revealed by the latest round of tests. Just that the bladder infection was not yet cleared up so another 5 day cycle of antibiotics.
